NUR 2206 Exam 5
1. The nurse completing anthropometric measurements for a patient collects which of the
following information?
A) height and weight
B) serum hemoglobin and hematocrit levels
C) diet history
D) intake and output
Answer
A) height and weight
2. What is patient safety?
Answer
prevention, reduction, reporting, and analysis of errors
3. Why is patient safety important?
Answer
•REDUCES THE RISK FOR ILLNESS & INJURY
• REDUCE LENGTH OF STAY (LOS)
• PROMOTES PATIENT WELL-BEING
• PROTECTS THE STAFF
4. TeamSTEPPS
Answer
Team Strategies and Tools to Enhance Performance and Patient Safety
6. Medical error
Answer
the failure of a planned action to be completed as intended or the use of a wrong plan to achieve
an aim
7. Quality and Safety in Nursing Education (QSEN) 6 competencies
Answer
patient-centered care, teamwork/collaboration, EBP, quality improvement, safety, in-
formatics technology
8. KSAs
Answer
knowledge, skills, attitudes
9. Adverse Event (AE)
Answer
injury caused by medical care ex patient falls
10. Adverse Drug Event (ADE)
Answer
adverse event involving medication use (allergic reaction, side effects not expected)
ex
Answer
giving someone hyper meds instead of sleep meds
11. Sentinel Event
Answer
adverse event that causes death or serious harm to patient; usually event is not
expected/anticipated (fall and break a hip)
, 12. Medication Errors
Answer
preventable event related to mistake in prescribing, dispensing, and/or administeringmedications
13. Root Cause Analysis
Answer
process of identifying the cause and factors contributing to adverse events; identifying
underlying problems that increase the likelihood of errors while avoiding focusing mistakes by
individuals
14. Reporting of Errors
Answer
Blame-free, non-punitive reporting systems aimed at de- creasing errors and improving quality
care and patient safety
15. Communication
Answer
Interprofessional communication (IPC) and SBAR
16. Organizational error reporting systems
Answer
data from errors is shared with the team
17. Rounding
Answer
pain, potty, position; check on patients frequently
18. Huddles
Answer
group meetings before and during shift
19. Peer checking
Answer
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